Trailer Came Adrift, Appeal Fails
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-THE Queen's Bench Divisional Court I last week dismissed an appeal by E. Austin (Leyton), Ltd., of Argall Avenue, Leyton, E., against their conviction at Stratford of using a trailer, turntable and a tractor in a dangerous condition. Mr. W. M. F. Hudson, for the company, told the court that the Metropolitan Police solicitor had intimated that the police would not be represented because they . felt they could not support the conviction.
Lord Parker, the Lord Chief Justice, said the justices found that a defective condition had caused, a trailer to become disengaged from its tractor and then slew across the road. It was clearly a danger to people on the road. When something like this, which was not a result of faulty maintenance, occurred the justices had power to give an -absolute discharge. . It was noticeable that the company had been fined only EA.
FRENCH PETROL FOR U.K.
A HER five years of wholesale market
ing of petrol, diesel fuel and lubricating oil, Total Oil Products (Great Britain), Ltd,, a subsidiary of the Compagnie Frangaise des Petroles Group, are to enter the retail market in the United Kingdom.
Mr. C. G. C. Redman, general manager, says that the company have no intention of entering into a price-cutting war and that it is possible that in six months between 50 and 150 petrol stations will be selling Total products.
FORD EXPORTS
AT a British Ford convention at Hamburg it was announced that exports of Ford heavy commercial vehicles to Europe in 1959 amounted to 3,000 unit's. By 1960 they will have risen to over 4,000 and are expected to exceed 5,000 during 1961.